- "1980 - 1994: Geopolitical developments result in a temporary hold on Project Axiom. After the unfortunate Pobeg Incident, in which two research scientists lose their lives, the Kletka facility is decommissioned and cleaned."
- —TranStar Exhibitor[src]
The Pobeg Incident was an incident that occured in 1980 in which several Typhon aboard the Kletka research facility orbiting the moon escaped containment and killed two scientists. This led to the United States eventually shuttering Project Axiom and abandoning the station.